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Pillar of the Community
United States
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First off, welcome.
I concur that there's no way this is a "misprint" - it's most likely the result of somebody with idle hands just messing around.
Colligo ergo sum
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's not an error (I don't think that is even possible) but still an interesting find. Older series too, don't see many of them around anymore.
I would keep it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This could well be counterfeiting practice--non-professionals tend to go for smaller denominations first to test the waters, since $5 and $10 seldom get much scrutiny.
Your bill should have a security strip and microprinting around the portrait. If it does not, your bill is a bleached and reprinted $1.
Or, as Lucky Cuss said, it could have been somebody messing around with an x-acto knife and some glue.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Does your note have "Series 1995" printed on it? I tried to enlarge the pic and that's what it appeared to be. But I have reason to believe that I am wrong about that.  |
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you everyone for your advice. I really appreciate it. To Buddy - it does say Series 1995. Does that mean anything?
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
Yes, it does. The design of the bill is from the 1928 series.
The word 'Five' appears on the right and left borders and that hasn't been part of the design for a really long time.
The more modern fives have a different design around the rest of the border as well.
So - I cannot begin to imagine how this was done. The BEP uses a plate as part of the printing process and this looks like a combination of plates -- the designs of which were decades apart. It's hard to imagine that it was done at the BEP.
People do collect conterfeits -- so who knows? It's just odd -- a really old design on modern paper.
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New Member
United States
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Buddy-
Wow. You really know a lot about paper money. Thanks for the information. I'm glad I found this forum. I would have spent a lot of money to get it authenticated. #128516;#128516;. Thank you
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, it does. The design of the bill is from the 1928 series.
The word 'Five' appears on the right and left borders and that hasn't been part of the design for a really long time.
So - I cannot begin to imagine how this was done. The BEP uses a plate as part of the printing process and this looks like a combination of plates -- the designs of which were decades apart. It's hard to imagine that it was done at the BEP. buddy what are you talking about? the design of the bill is not from the 1928 series it is from the 1995 series. it looks like a 1995 5 dollar bill with a part of a 1 dollar bill on it. the last year in which they printed 1995 5 dollar bills was 2000 so this was done no less then 15 years ago. . |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 I am sorry. And thank you, ckrakoswski, for catching my blunder. I was looking stuff up and I think I had too many pages open and lost track of what I was looking at. (Or maybe a senior moment?) Anyway, I glad you caught it. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pretty interesting.
Is there any chance the "1" oval is pasted on?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
Based on the way that paper money is printed this could not have happened at the BEP. I think that it was someone messing around. I am kind of curious as to how they did it though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have seen this before. It is a sticker. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
650 Posts |
If it is pasted on, you should be able to shine a strong light behind it and see the "5".
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New Member
United States
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Hello everyone, thank you for all your posts. I am going to check again for all possible security checks or fraud checks and repost. I've got to say this has to be the weirdest counterfeit bill I have ever seen. The funny thing is, this bill looks so real!
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Valued Member
United States
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Chances are that the bill is real but altered in some way. If you dont have a stereo scope, take it to a jeweler and have them put it under magnification for you. Should be very helpful.
Edited by Copper Penny Connection
06/19/2015 5:25 pm
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